Buy this book on-line Lienhard, Heinrich : I Knew Sutter; Translated from the Original German By Students of German at C. K. McClatchy Senior High SchoolThe Nugget Press, Sacramento, California, 1939
Limited edition. No. 200 of 285 copies printed. Original publisher's white cloth binding with red lettering on the front cover. 5" x 6 1/2." ix, 25 pages, frontispiece. Frontispiece is printed in black and white and depicts an illustrated portrait of Sutter. Former owner's bookplate on the front free endpaper featuring an owl perched on a book and the name, "Barbara M. O'Neill." Pages are very clean and intact. Covers are intact but have foxing or staining (brown spots) near the fore-edge of the front and back covers. A Very Good copy. There is a front colophon on the front pastedown that appears as a tipped-in label with the following signature in black ink of a former owner: "S. A. Pepper." Front colophon: "This book was produced by various departments of C. K. McClatchy Senior High School as a Contribution to Sacramento's Centennial Celebration of the arrival of Johann August Sutter. The story is taken from the German reminiscences of Heinrich Lienhard, who associated with and worked for Captain Sutter between 1846 and 1849. The translation was done by students of the German 4 class. The Modern Literature 8 class carefully edited the translation and read proof. Students in the Art Department drew and cut the linoleum frontispiece of Captain Sutter. The printing students set the entire book by hand, ran off the forms, and hand-sewed and bound the books. C. K. McClatchy Senior High School is happy to present you with this copy of I Knew Sutter." Back colophon: "Of This Edition 285 Copies Have Been Printed and Bound For Private Distribution, This Copy is No. 200." Issued in celebration of the hundredth anniversary of Sutter's founding of his settlement "New Helvetia" which became the city of Sacramento. This book contains a translation of Chapter Ten from Heinrich Lienhard's "Californien unmittelbar" which was first published in 1898. The chapter is concerned with John Sutter and his fort. In the back of the volume is a listing of all the students who assisted in the production of the book.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Lienhard, Heinrich : I Knew Sutter; Translated from the Original German By Students of German at C. K. McClatchy Senior High School. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including collectables, rare books, livres rares, libri rari and out of print books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |